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NWSL College Draft: Sullivan suspense ends

On the eve of the 2018 NWSL College Draft, Andi Sullivan, projected to be the No. 1 pick, finally was included in the list of eligible players. The updated list was released by NWSL without mention of her.

Waiting
for Sullivan ...Sullivan -- U.S. national team midfielder, NCAA Division I champion at Stanford and local product from Lorton, Virginia -- is Washington's obvious choice for No. 1
pick. For the last four College Drafts, the No. 1 pick has been a U.S. national team player -- Crystal Dunn in 2014, Morgan Brian in 2015, Emily Sonnett in 2016 and Rose
Lavelle in 2017 -- and all have done well enough in the pros, each starting out in the NWSL, that they are still in the national team picture.

After Sullivan, Quinn and McCaskill ... After Sullivan, Duke's Rebecca Quinn and South Carolina's Savannah McCaskill are considered the best players in the draft.
Quinn plays for Canada while McCaskill is in the U.S. women's national team camp in Carson, California.

Greatest draft class in history
... No. 1 isn't necessarily what counts, though. The Western New York Flash took Abby Dahlkemper, Samantha Mewis, Lynn Williams and Jaelene Hinkle at 3-4-6-7 and
by the end of their second season they had a league championship with the Flash and were each in the national team picture. Three teams
with two first-round picks ... No team is positioned to clean up like the Flash (now Courage) did in 2015, but three teams sit with two first-round picks: Washington (1-3), Sky Blue FC
(4-5) and Portland (8-9).

Where? The draft will take place at the Pennsylvania Convention Center (CC Grand Ballroom). For fans who
cannot attend, they can watch the proceedings via Facebook, YouTube, NWSLsoccer.com and NWSL app.